Photo of the Day

A new photo from the Powerhouse Museum every day

Monkey bikes

May 13th, 2010 by

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This image accompanied the acquision of two miniature bikes in 2008.

For over thirty years the monkey circus delighted and entertained visitors at Taronga Zoo, overlooking Sydney Harbour. Edworthy was one of several firms that supplied bicycles to the zoo over those years. After a critical review in 1967, the Zoo embarked on its current philosophy of emphasising scientific research, conservation and education. Attractions including elephant rides, miniature trains, a merry-go-round and the monkey circus were removed. The monkey circus closed in October 1967. Zoo’s have come a long way since then!

Photography by Mr W.H. (Bill) Saunders.
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Post by Erika Dicker, Assistant Curator

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About Photo of the Day

The Powerhouse Museum's Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day, chosen from the Powerhouse Photo Library.

The majority of these images have been taken by Museum photographers for a variety of purposes such as for exhibitions, of objects in our collection, events, behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also feature many images taken by our Flickr community and from our visitors. We hope you enjoy the photographs and stories.

The licensing of each image varies however we are trying to release as many as possible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.1 license.

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